Premier Mario Draghi on Wednesday
conferred by phone with Angolan President João Manuel
Gonçalves Lourenço on energy cooperation amid the Ukraine war,
the premier's office said.
The conversation took place in view of the mission to Luanda by
Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and Ecological Transition
Minister Roberto Cingolani to agree a deal to help Rome cut its
reliance on Russian gas.
The conversation, the premier's office said, confirmed the
common will to boost the bilateral partnership in all sectors of
mutual interest, with particular regard to the energy ambit, the
office said.
The two leaders voiced the hope they will meet in the near
future.
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